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		<title>Living with passion – lessons from Tuscany: discovering wonderful chocolate!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of life’s great pleasures is definitely chocolate! I am very excited by the recent successes of the "Valley of Chocolate" in Tuscany.  The area between Pisa and Prato (near Florence) has developed into THE place where great artisanal chocolate is produced.]]></description>
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		<title>Living with passion, Tuscan-style &#8211; is your life ‘in tune?’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you 'singing in tune' with life? I’ve written before about the importance of paying attention to each detail of a process.]]></description>
		<link>http://toscanamia.biz/blog/2009/11/30/living-with-passion-tuscan-style-is-your-life-in-tune/</link>
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		<title>Living with passion – lessons from Tuscany: olives and olive oil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For thousands of years, late October/early November has been the right time in Italy to pick and gather those full, ripe fruits produced from the ancient, gnarly olive trees. In Tuscany, the varied-colored nets that have been spread under the trees are filled with fallen olives and you can catch glimpses of olive pickers in the trees among the silvery leaves.  Olives are still picked by hand.]]></description>
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		<title>Living with passion – lessons from Tuscany: wine and romance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wine appreciation in Tuscany goes well beyond wine tasting – it is a total sensual experience! Where else can sip wine and savor food made with the freshest most delectable ingredients resulting from recipes going back hundreds of years?  In Tuscany, wine and food are intentionally meant to ‘marry’ well.]]></description>
		<link>http://toscanamia.biz/blog/2009/11/19/living-with-passion-lessons-from-tuscany-wine-and-romance/</link>
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		<title>Emperor Vespasian’s abode &#8211; Archeologist discover ancient villa near Rome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Italian news sources ASCA-AFP, ruins of a villa in all probability belonging to Emperor Vespasian (Roman emperor from 69 – 79 AD) were discovered.]]></description>
		<link>http://toscanamia.biz/blog/2009/11/04/emperor-vespasian-abode-archeologist-discover-ancient-villa-near-rome/</link>
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		<title>Adventures in Cooking – Julia Child and her affair with Italian food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone loves Julia Child as evidenced by the opening of this week’s much-anticipated movie “Julie and Julia,” sure to be seen by foodies and food buffs all over the world.]]></description>
		<link>http://toscanamia.biz/blog/2009/11/02/adventures-in-cooking-julia-child-and-her-affair-with-italian-food/</link>
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		<title>Rosemary in Italy – more than a cooking herb</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Italians are known for their use of the fragrant herb rosemary in many food preparations. Perhaps this use grew from the fact that rosemary grows spontaneously on the rocky terrain along the Mediterranean coasts in incredible quantities. In fact, rosemary is also very popular in other cuisines such as those of France, Spain and Greece.]]></description>
		<link>http://toscanamia.biz/blog/2009/10/28/rosemary-in-italy-more-than-a-cooking-herb/</link>
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		<title>Now is the best time to rent your bargain villa in Tuscany</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you holding back on your travel and vacation dreams because of the economy? You may want to reconsider your position. The current price offerings of villas in Italy are at an historic low.]]></description>
		<link>http://toscanamia.biz/blog/2009/10/02/now-is-the-best-time-to-rent-your-bargain-villa-in-tuscany/</link>
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		<title>Italy emulates U.S. &#8211; Italians getting fatter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Native Italian and fitness expert Paul Frediani recently returned from his annual trip to Italy. Paul is passionate about Italy and the Italian lifestyle. While he always loves the precious time spent in his native village of Bozzano in Tuscany, Paul is bothered by a disturbing trend. Are the Italians emulating some of America's negative habits?]]></description>
		<link>http://toscanamia.biz/blog/2009/09/30/italy-emulates-us-italians-getting-fatter/</link>
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		<title>Forbes Reports:  Lucca, Tuscany is one of Europe&#8217;s most Idyllic Places To Live</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A historic city within a city, it's difficult to find a house within the old, Renaissance walls of Lucca, but apartments are more plentiful.]]></description>
		<link>http://toscanamia.biz/blog/2009/09/24/forbes-reports-lucca-tuscany-is-one-of-europes-most-idyllic-places-to-live/</link>
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